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I just want to start out by saying hello to everyone. I'm new here and just signed up today.

My husband was diagnosed with Celiac Disease a few years ago and he has been sticking to the gluten free diet and i do all i can to make sure the gluten we have at home NEVER comes into contact with his food, pots, pans etc. but we have 2 small children who havent been showing any signs of having a gluten sensitivity (for now but we get their blood checked every few years) and so they have their snacks that contain gluten. My husband has noticed that if he even TOUCHES any crumbs or pieces of their snacks laying around (kids are messy) that he gets sick. Also if we happen to be over a family members house and they are cooking anything with gluten in it like pasta or bread, he also feels very sick. Is it possible for someone to be SO sensative to gluten that even if they DONT eat it and just touch or smell it they can get sick?

We are still fairly new to all of the rules since he was only diagnosed 2-3 years ago and ive heard it takes a long time to get everything perfect. He still isnt feeling 100% even though he's sticking to a gluten free diet and we are trying to figure out why. Thank you for listening everyone.

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I just want to start out by saying hello to everyone. I'm new here and just signed up today.

My husband was diagnosed with Celiac Disease a few years ago and he has been sticking to the gluten free diet and i do all i can to make sure the gluten we have at home NEVER comes into contact with his food, pots, pans etc. but we have 2 small children who havent been showing any signs of having a gluten sensitivity (for now but we get their blood checked every few years) and so they have their snacks that contain gluten. My husband has noticed that if he even TOUCHES any crumbs or pieces of their snacks laying around (kids are messy) that he gets sick. Also if we happen to be over a family members house and they are cooking anything with gluten in it like pasta or bread, he also feels very sick. Is it possible for someone to be SO sensative to gluten that even if they DONT eat it and just touch or smell it thay can get sick?

We are still fairly new to all of the rules since he was only diagnosed 2-3 years ago and ive heard it takes a long time to get everything perfect. He still isnt feeling 100% even though he's sticking to a gluten free diet and we are trying to figure out why. Thank you for listening everyone.

Welcome CassandraMae! You have found yourself in a very good place!

People with Celiac Disease have to INGEST gluten for it to be an issue. That reaction takes place in the small intestines, after being consumed. There are people who have a "gluten allergy" in addition to Celiac Disease, but that might result in allergic-type reactions.

Loose flour floating around (as in flour dust) can/may get into your mucus of your nose or mouth and it can be swallowed and tracked into the intestines....a possibility.

If, your husband has Celiac, perhaps it might be a psychological reaction to the physical presence of gluten. It can happen.

But touching gluten and getting a reaction, without having a topical allergy, would be doubtful.

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People with Celiac Disease have to INGEST gluten for it to be an issue. That reaction takes place in the small intestines, after being consumed. There are people who have a "gluten allergy" in addition to Celiac Disease, but that might result in allergic-type reactions.

Loose flour floating around (as in flour dust) can/may get into your mucus of your nose or mouth and it can be swallowed and tracked into the intestines....a possibility.

If, your husband has Celiac, perhaps it might be a psychological reaction to the physical presence of gluten. It can happen.

But touching gluten, without having a topical allergy, would be doubtful.

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Some celiacs are more sensitive to low levels of gluten than others. My son and I are both very sensitive. We couldn't get better until our whole household went gluten free. The other members of our household were very careful, certainly more careful than young children (sorry young children) and we still kept getting sick. Many celiacs do fine with a mixed household, but more sensitive ones like my son and I can't. It somehow gets in there. If it is inhaled, it can get into the stomach. If it is touched, it can get into the mouth if you bite nails or something. I can't tell you how, I just know that it makes me sick. I have also gotten very sick kissing my daughter after she ate gluten and forgot to brush first. You husband might be having problems with that too.

Sometimes less sensitive people have told me that certain foods etc. are fine, but they really weren't fine for me. We are not all the same. It is important to listen to what your body is telling you.

I was also told several times on this forum that it was psychological, but I don't think it is, and neither does my gastroenterologist.

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I just wanted to say that I agree with Dilettantesteph. Some people really are more sensitive to gluten than others. When I was very new to this - only a couple of months into the diet, I didn't yet know how sensitive people could be. One night my daughter (who also has Celiac) was playing with a neighbor friend and I looked over to see what she was doing and saw her take a bite of a cookie that the little girl she was playing with had given her. I went over to her and told her that this cookie was the kind that would make her sick. I made her put it down and when I brushed off her hands some crumbs flew up in my face. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but within a half hour I started getting the dreaded stomach cramps etc... Since then I have found I and one of my daughters with Celiac react to much less gluten than most do - even just touching a counter that someone else touched that had gluten on their hands and then putting something in our mouth with that hand, has caused a reaction.

Not to say that what Lisa said about it being a psychological thing could never happen, because I'm sure that it does sometimes, but some people really are a lot more sensitive than others. I think you just have to be discerning and look a the individuals personality and whether or not the person tends to have physical reactions to emotional things. I just say that, because even before I found that I was "ultra" sensitive people would act like I was being crazy about how careful I needed to be and it made me feel even more alone with this health issue and anyone dealing with their health really just needs to feel supported. - Which I think you are doing, because you obviously care enough about your husband by trying and understand this better and help him. You're a good wife!

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I think what Lisa was saying in essence is that your husband will not absorb gluten through his skin. Yes, if he gets crumbs on his hands and then transfers that to his mouth, he could get sick. But just touching it, no.

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I just want to start out by saying hello to everyone. I'm new here and just signed up today.

My husband was diagnosed with Celiac Disease a few years ago and he has been sticking to the gluten free diet and i do all i can to make sure the gluten we have at home NEVER comes into contact with his food, pots, pans etc. but we have 2 small children who havent been showing any signs of having a gluten sensitivity (for now but we get their blood checked every few years) and so they have their snacks that contain gluten. My husband has noticed that if he even TOUCHES any crumbs or pieces of their snacks laying around (kids are messy) that he gets sick. Also if we happen to be over a family members house and they are cooking anything with gluten in it like pasta or bread, he also feels very sick. Is it possible for someone to be SO sensative to gluten that even if they DONT eat it and just touch or smell it they can get sick?

We are still fairly new to all of the rules since he was only diagnosed 2-3 years ago and ive heard it takes a long time to get everything perfect. He still isnt feeling 100% even though he's sticking to a gluten free diet and we are trying to figure out why. Thank you for listening everyone.

I have Celiac and found out I have a wheat/barely allergy also. I prefer to not touch any gluten at all. When I do, I don't feel sick like being glutened,but I don't feel well. My skin get's icthy etc, like allergy reactions. Has he ever had food allergy testing? I was eating things that caused me pain, that I found out I'm allergic to. My reactions were all gastro ones to these foods.

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I just wanted to say that I agree with Dilettantesteph. Some people really are more sensitive to gluten than others. When I was very new to this - only a couple of months into the diet, I didn't yet know how sensitive people could be. One night my daughter (who also has Celiac) was playing with a neighbor friend and I looked over to see what she was doing and saw her take a bite of a cookie that the little girl she was playing with had given her. I went over to her and told her that this cookie was the kind that would make her sick. I made her put it down and when I brushed off her hands some crumbs flew up in my face. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but within a half hour I started getting the dreaded stomach cramps etc... Since then I have found I and one of my daughters with Celiac react to much less gluten than most do - even just touching a counter that someone else touched that had gluten on their hands and then putting something in our mouth with that hand, has caused a reaction.

I have gotten sick from a small amount of crumbs that made it into my mouth, obviously, because it's the only way that a Celiac reaction can occur. It happened almost exactly the way you described your experience. No matter what way you are exposed, you would have to get enough into your GI tract to cause a reaction. That's why washing your hands is so important and not just for avoiding gluten.

I also have psychological reactions to smells. The offending gluteny smell makes me headachy and somewhat nauseous but that goes away quickly once the offending agent is removed. This is not a true reaction and should not be confused with one. I think it's just the bodies way of protecting someone who may have an intolerance or allergy to something. I think it's funny because I know my brain is reacting but not my GI tract and goes to show you how amazing the human body is. I am not afraid of being around gluten or of touching it because I know you have to ingest it for the small intestine to be

compromised. If a person reacts topically, that's an allergy and a different animal.

If people could become glutened that easily, I would think that life would become very difficult and they wouldn't be able to leave the house. Gluten is everywhere and, as long as you know how the disease process works, you should be fine. Small children can be difficult because you never know what they have been putting in their mouths. Something else may have caused them to react and it may have nothing to do with gluten. It is very important to learn as much about this disease as possible because, as I have found, most people have no clue, including the medical profession...which is annoying and discouraging.

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I have gotten sick from a small amount of crumbs that made it into my mouth, obviously, because it's the only way that a Celiac reaction can occur. It happened almost exactly the way you described your experience. No matter what way you are exposed, you would have to get enough into your GI tract to cause a reaction. That's why washing your hands is so important and not just for avoiding gluten.

Yes. Exactly!

This is where I think some people are more, and some people are less sensitive - some will react to such small amounts of CC that you can't see it, while others seem to not react until they ingest a little more.

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My 10 yr old starts feeling sick if she walks in the flour aisle at the grocery store (and she didn't even realize she was in the flour aisle...we're more careful now). I let her brother make cookies with wheat flour once and she had a reaction. Whether her reactions were caused by Celiac or allergy, I don't know, but I don't doubt that they were real.

This is where I think some people are more, and some people are less sensitive - some will react to such small amounts of CC that you can't see it, while others seem to not react until they ingest a little more.

Yes and there is also a difference I think when folks have more autoimmune impact in organs other than just the gut. It takes much more gluten to damage the villi than to start the antibody autoimmune response, IMHO. I do not for a minute doubt those who react to very small amounts of gluten from any source whether breathed in or injested or absorbed into mucous membranes from rubbing your eyes or nose etc.

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Yes and there is also a difference I think when folks have more autoimmune impact in organs other than just the gut. It takes much more gluten to damage the villi than to start the antibody autoimmune response, IMHO. I do not for a minute doubt those who react to very small amounts of gluten from any source whether breathed in or injested or absorbed into mucous membranes from rubbing your eyes or nose etc.

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Yes and there is also a difference I think when folks have more autoimmune impact in organs other than just the gut. It takes much more gluten to damage the villi than to start the antibody autoimmune response, IMHO. I do not for a minute doubt those who react to very small amounts of gluten from any source whether breathed in or injested or absorbed into mucous membranes from rubbing your eyes or nose etc.

I agree too.

I know that I have reacted through these types of exposures and I think that my children have too.

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I can't use my BIG SEXY hair spray because I get really sick after. I didn't realize the connection until I recently went gluten free. In January I started a food journal and decided to add in details about how I felt when I felt icky. Low and behold GLUTEN was the underlying cause. Guess what's in my hairspray? That's right, Wheat. Sprayed and breathed in heavily. Now I flat iron or let it dry natural. I don't use any product in my hair because I have a bad habit of twirling my fingers in my hair and then without realizing it, I put my nails/fingers in my mouth. I also lick my lips a lot so I have to be careful what I touch and if I touch my lips! It's a real self examiner when your finding the source of being glutened. As I realized, it's me hurting myself with my nervous habits. I'm still very new to all of this and have a lot to learn as well.

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True story: I go to the doctor's office. The nurse/receptionist hands me a pen and clipboard, and I take a seat in the waiting room to fill out the forms. Within a minute or so, I get a nasty tin-foil taste in my mouth and my lips begin to burn. First stage of gluten exposure? Nah... Couldn't be. I'm in a DOCTOR'S OFFICE for cryin' out loud. Must be my imagination or something. I continue to fill out the forms. Then, I start to cough and gag - DEFINITELY gluten exposure, but where and how is it possible? That's when I look around and see the nurse/receptionist who handed me the pen and clipboard sitting at her desk noshing on a baggie full of banana bread. Geez! At least she could have wiped her hands off before she handed me the forms, that's just good hygiene! I quickly finish filling out the forms and hand them in. The nurses all back away from me because the reaction is now so strong they are convinced I have the dreaded Swine Flu... I excuse myself, then go to the bathroom to throw-up...

I explain this to my doctor when I see him. He scoffs, and tells me I have Acid Reflux... I never went back for the follow-up.

The dermal immune system in your skin is the first one to react, and it happens so quickly and effectively that researchers believe they can improve the efficacy of vaccines by mimicking that response as the vaccines are administered. For this reason, there is no doubt in my mind that an anti-gliaden immune response can be initiated the moment someone simply comes into contact with a source of wheat gluten. It has happened to me many times, just coming into contact with bread crumbs or an empty pizza box. It can be a real pain in the neck, but on the positive side I never accidentally ingest wheat gluten when I can "feel" it before I'm at risk of becoming seriously exposed to it.

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I just want to start out by saying hello to everyone. I'm new here and just signed up today.

My husband was diagnosed with Celiac Disease a few years ago and he has been sticking to the gluten free diet and i do all i can to make sure the gluten we have at home NEVER comes into contact with his food, pots, pans etc. but we have 2 small children who havent been showing any signs of having a gluten sensitivity (for now but we get their blood checked every few years) and so they have their snacks that contain gluten. My husband has noticed that if he even TOUCHES any crumbs or pieces of their snacks laying around (kids are messy) that he gets sick. Also if we happen to be over a family members house and they are cooking anything with gluten in it like pasta or bread, he also feels very sick. Is it possible for someone to be SO sensative to gluten that even if they DONT eat it and just touch or smell it they can get sick?

We are still fairly new to all of the rules since he was only diagnosed 2-3 years ago and ive heard it takes a long time to get everything perfect. He still isnt feeling 100% even though he's sticking to a gluten free diet and we are trying to figure out why. Thank you for listening everyone.

dont let anyone tell u your nuts i have the same problem. gotten so bad wife or kids make toast and im sleeping i awaken so violently sick almost ten fold what happens if i eat gluten. i got so i had to sell the deli/catering company i had...couldnt walk into the front door of my own restaraunt. i even tried uising an epi pen / benadryl / albuterol when i had an attack that a doctor scarcastically gave me a perscription for all the while telling me i was nuts and its medically impossibleto have a reaction from smelling it as he said if that was the case you think the airlines would give u peanuts...people with peanut allergies dont drop from smelling peanuts....so much ignorance around soo many educated people...i wish i had a medical answer or reason for you all i can sa is your not alone and trust your body

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has anyone ever heard of cocaine? ever see a movie they are all wearing masks? ever walk into a lab where cocaine was being made?of probably not but if you did without a mask on you would not only get high your blood would test positive......how is walking down the bread isle for an extremly sensitive celiac/non celiac with gluten intolerence any different?? time and time again (thank god...ok not thank god as i dont want others suffering but thank god as now i know im not the only one) but thank god im reading all these posts saying i live near a wheat farm and in peak season im glutened every day....i cant walk down the bread isle....i cant walk into a pizza place....none of you are crazy!! i owned a successful deli/catering company i sold because going to work was making me so ill i was positive i had ms...what was it...airborne gluten....i dont care what any professional tells me i know what my body says

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I would like to share about my wife's issue with gluten. None of the the tests are positive for Gluten Allergy or Celiac.

Initially she started feeling sick and we do not know the reason for sickness. Later we linked Gluten to her sickness with our own observation. Later we figured that gluten smell also makes her sick. Recently she was healthy and we were shopping. She was 100% fine till we reached the checkout of SAMs club and she is sick by the time we reached the exit gate. Because there was restaurant where they sell and serve pizza to customers. She doesn't have clue that the restaurant is going to make her sick. So its not psychological.

Her symptoms:

Instantly she felt walking from checkout to exit gate

1. Chest tightness and slight pain

within 2-3 minutes

2. Severe cough from deep stomach and clear mucus

Within 5 minutes

3. Nausea feeling

Within 30 minutes

4. Severe body pains and muscle cramps

Next 24-36 hours

5. Severe Fatigue...

After that she is normal person.

She has same symptoms when she eats any wheat / gluten product also. Sometimes she will be suffering with fatigue for 72 hours for any gluten contamination.

Within those 72 hours she looses about 2-3 pounds weight.

Our PCP thinks this is psychological and we are crazy. She doesn't believe what we are saying.

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If she is not eating anything while there, or walking through a flour dust cloud, then it is most likely not celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS. for which there is no test. That disease and sensitivity are triggered by consuming gluten, meaning it has to get inside and onto your mucus membranes. Celiacs can handled normal baked goods without any risk of being affected because gluten can not pass through our skin - it is much too large to do that.

Wheat allergies can cause a reaction without eating wheat, but the symptoms you list do not really sound like a histamine (IgE) reaction. I do know that allergy testing is not 100% reliable so it is possible to get false positives and negatives on those tests.

A psychological reaction is not crazy. If that is the issue, that is a real issue! Just because the brain is controlling a reaction does not make it any less real than when another part of the body triggers the reaction. Some celiac disease symptoms, like neuropathies, can be said to be all in the head, but it doesn't make them any less horrible or debilitating. KWIM?

For instance, some doctors believe that some asthmatic reactions are psychological and linked to anxiety. This is not a widely accepted belief yet but it makes me wonder... I had a childhood friend with severe asthma, who got to the point where he was off to the hospital if he saw peanut butter sandwiches from across the room. His symptoms were horrible but I wonder if part of that was psychological since he was over 10 feet away from the peanut butter and was fine until he knew it was there.

So she was tested for celiac disease? Did they run the full panel? Some doctors only run one or two tests, which is a problem since some of those tests can miss a significant minority of celiacs. These are all of the tests:

The blood tests require the patient be eating gluten in the 2-3 months prior to testing or you run a strong risk of getting false negative results.

Some doctors, and naturopaths, run IgG based food sensitivity tests, but those are not overly reliable and are not yet widely accepted. They are not a reliable test for NCGS - only a positive response to the gluten-free diet is thought to be diagnostic of NCGS

She could try genetic testing too. 97% of celiacs have the DQ2 and /or the DQ8 gene(s), although you need to remember that 30% of the world also have those genes. If she has the genes, she has about a 1 in 30 chance of being a celiac.

Make sure she has had the testing done properly. If you are certain it is a gluten sensitivity and the tests were definitely a negative, then she may have NCGS, and staying gluten-free is all you can do.

... Reacting to the smell of gluten sounds psychological to me though.... I get anxious in the bread aisle too, even though I know I am safe, so I know a psychological reaction is possible.

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She only had one celiac disease test done, and that test, the tTG IgA, can miss up to 75% of celiacs. Plus she did not have the total serum IgA done, which is a must for determining if the IgA based celiacs tests (tTG IgA, DGP IgA, etc.) are accurate. Approximately 1 in 20 celiacs is deficient is IgA (compared to approx. 1 in 700 of the regular population) and those people will have false negative IgA based celiac disease tests (ttG IgA, etc) and must rely on the IgG based tests (ttG IgG, etc) and the endoscopic biopsy.

If she is interested in a diagnosis, she should get the tTG IgG, DGP igA and IgG, EMA IgA or IgG, and possibly the AGA tests.

Although she had an endoscopy done, unless she had biopsies taken (6 or more), she did not have a celiac disease test done. It is very rare for a celiac's damage to show up visually. Very rare. I've been posting for about 3 years here, and I've only seen 2 or so people who had visual damage that was identifiably celiac. At most, celiacs will just have some red areas when looked at, that's it.

If it is celiac disease, your kids will have to be tseted every two years, or as soon as symptoms develop, for the rest of their lives if they continue to eat any gluten. It's a genetic disease so if their mom doe have it, they have somewhere between a 1 in 10 to 1 in 22 chance of developing it. The same goes for her siblings and parents.

I'm sorry that she is having such a tough go. Don't discount anxiety as a cause though. Here are some symptoms of anxiety (which is a very common symptom of celiac disease and NCGS):

What Are the Symptoms of an Anxiety Disorder?

Symptoms vary depending on the type of anxiety disorder, but general symptoms include:

A celiac will not getglutened walking by the bread aisle or smelling pizza. It just isn't possible. A celiac with anxiety as one of their symptoms could have those symptoms of anxiety when exposed to a stressful situation, like worrying about gluten in a store when the knowledge that it can't hurt you is not fully internalized.

I completely believe you that she is having horrible symptoms that may be due to celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) but I find it highly unlikely that she is getting glutened by smell. The only time that is truly a risk is if she is using flour to bake and the flour settles onto food or food prep surfaces.

Do be aware that symptoms like anxiety (if that is what it is) can be one of the slower symptoms to improve. It could be a good 6 months gluten-free before she starts to notice improvements in that... Anxiety is a real medical problem and not just in her head.

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I would like to share about my wife's issue with gluten. None of the the tests are positive for Gluten Allergy or Celiac.

Initially she started feeling sick and we do not know the reason for sickness. Later we linked Gluten to her sickness with our own observation. Later we figured that gluten smell also makes her sick. Recently she was healthy and we were shopping. She was 100% fine till we reached the checkout of SAMs club and she is sick by the time we reached the exit gate. Because there was restaurant where they sell and serve pizza to customers. She doesn't have clue that the restaurant is going to make her sick. So its not psychological.

Her symptoms:

Instantly she felt walking from checkout to exit gate

1. Chest tightness and slight pain

within 2-3 minutes

2. Severe cough from deep stomach and clear mucus

Within 5 minutes

3. Nausea feeling

Within 30 minutes

4. Severe body pains and muscle cramps

Next 24-36 hours

5. Severe Fatigue...

After that she is normal person.

She has same symptoms when she eats any wheat / gluten product also. Sometimes she will be suffering with fatigue for 72 hours for any gluten contamination.

Within those 72 hours she looses about 2-3 pounds weight.

Our PCP thinks this is psychological and we are crazy. She doesn't believe what we are saying.

Question: Do we need to see Immunologist now?

URGENT - LISTEN UP!!!

For everyone that is saying you can't get sick walking through a pizza place/bakery/market you are in serious delusion and spreading misinformation that can make a celiac seriously SICK!

Flour stays airborne for several hours when being used for baking or when moved around shelves. If you inhale it, you can digest gluten particles. This also can happen when dining out if they use flour in the kitchen aka PIZZA. This is why restaurants have to have a completely cross contamination free kitchen space for them to be officially certified. Dining out is like walking through an unmarked mine field unless everything is Gluten-Free on the menu due to ignorance Waitresses will remove bread from a plate and serve thinking it's okay that the bread was only touching for a second. The whole thing is contaminated in actuality.

Your wife is likely is inhaling airborne flour particles when at the market/pizza place and is having a true immune response to the invader.

They suggest not baking any gluten items in your kitchen if you have celiacs. Flour particles get everywhere and you can't even see it. It can stay in the air for up to 7 hours!!! Hell you have to ask about cards at poker if they've used flour on the decks to make em easier to deal.

When most people don't understand the full range of the disease since there isn't a lot of accurate literature they immediately go with the it's probably in their head. The disease is stressful so it must be psychological. ITS EVEN MORE STRESSFUL TO BE TOLD ITS IN YOUR HEAD WHEN IN FACT ITS NOT. It's just something you don't understand or accept.

I know it's usually a horror story to get diagnosed (was and is for me) so please educate yourself with an open mind on how much this disease is a pita against the Gluten horde and just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not truly giving you an immune response.

Any gluten that can find its way into your digestive track (nose/mouth) will make a celiac sick. If you use gluten creams and products, don't bite your nails and wash your hands after touching your face/hair.

Here's a perfect experiment- go into SAMs and have your wife wear a face mask to keep her nose and mouth particle free. Just mosey around the usual aisles where you guys grab your groceries. If she doesn't feel sick with the mask on, then she's probably been inhaling gluten all those other trips. Does she wash her hands before she bites her nails, smoke, or put items in her mouth (chewing gum, pencils, pens, etc.) that could also possible be a source of contamination?

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Well, TDZ, I certainly hope that your husband is able to get some Dapsone to quickly ameliorate his DH (and that it does not have too many adverse effects on him, either).
It sounds like your husband's DH is worse than mine ever was, so I can only imagine the ongoing agony that he's been dealing with. To call DH "just an itch" would be like calling am amputation "just a scratch", i.e., probably nobody who has not experienced it can imagine how frustrating, distracting, maddening and depre

Yeah, I think the only reason to bother with trying to get a diagnosis is if it's needed in order to get the Dapsone, which would be a lifesaver for him in stopping or helping the itching while he gets his diet more in order. He's had continuous rash and lesions and blisters over large to larger parts of his body for a couple of years, and the itching is driving him insane.
We do have an appointment with his PCP this afternoon, to try and talk him into trying the Dapsone -- seems it would

Alaskaguy,
Sorry to interrupt, but I wanted to put in my two cents.
I prefer the Autoimmune Protocol diet because it helps heal the gut so quickly. It's a bit more strict than the Fasano diet but the results are striking.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647120/#!po=43.7500
People with Celiac and DH have a problem with leaky guts. The AIP diet helps heal this problem.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3934051
Nightshade vegetables are not allowed